![]() ![]() For example, the maximum path on drive D is “D:\some 256-character path string” where “” represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. Microsoft writes about the Maximum Path Length Limitation on MSDN, and they write: ![]() Maximum Path Length Limitation (MAX_PATH) in Windows Server Note: this also applies to Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2019. In this post I’ll show you how to configure the Enable Win32 long paths setting for the NTFS file system, through Group Policy (a GPO). Windows Server 2016 was finally released last week, meaning we can finally lift the idiotic 260 characters limitation for NTFS paths.
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